Transitioning to
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0
in the Classroom
June 8, 2004
Agenda
• Webcast Introduction
PTC’s Education Program – an update on University Plus: Larry Fire,
Sr. Educational Program Manager, PTC
•
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire in the Classroom
Gary Lamit, Instructor at De Anza College and author of many
Pro/ENGINEER textbooks
•
The Top 10 Enhancements of Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0
Michael Campbell, VP Product Management, PTC
© 2002 PTC
PTC University Plus
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Provides as many seats of Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire for campus-wide use, and over 50
integrated applications, including Pro/MECHANICA, Behavioral Modeling and Peer-toPeer Collaboration, to name a few
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Provides free professor training at any of PTC’s North American training facilities
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Includes free tutorials and classroom materials, technical support by PTC and software
upgrades (Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 was shipped to University Plus customers at the
end of April)
All of this and more for a low annual membership fee of $2,500
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Program is expanding worldwide
o 1,400 university participants worldwide
o 80,000 engineering students graduate with Pro/ENGINEER experience each year
o 450 universities in the United States are using Pro/ENGINEER in the classroom,
including:
 42 of the top 50 mechanical engineering programs in the US (ranked by U.S. News & World
Report)
© 2002 PTC
Gary Lamit, De Anza College
Background
• Presently an Instructor at De Anza College
• Has been teaching Pro/ENGINEER for 10 years, from 1994–present
• Has been teaching CAD for 20 years
• Has been teaching drafting and engineering graphics at the college
level for 30 years
• Has written 25 drafting and engineering books – five on
Pro/ENGINEER specifically and one on CADD
• Has just written a new book called Introduction to Pro/ENGINEER
Wildfire 2.0 (SDC Publications)
Gary can be reached at lgl@cad-resources.com or through his
website: www.cad-resources.com
© 2002 PTC
Upgrading to Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 in the Classroom
Upgrading is very important and actually makes your teaching job easier, not
harder
• From Pro/ENGINEER 2000i2 – Pro/ENGINEER 2001 – Pro/ENGINEER
Wildfire – Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0
• Each change simplified teaching for me
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire is easier to use
• Direct Modeling has streamlined the speed of learning and use for
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire
• Chapters I rewrote in each version of the textbook have become shorter
• Because of simplified and faster modeling techniques. (Patterns - axis, no
datum on fly required, direction option)
• Copy, Paste, and Paste Special, etc.
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 reduces modeling time and increases ease of
teaching
© 2002 PTC
Tools used in the Classroom at De Anza College
Textbook
• We use my textbooks – Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire and Introduction to
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0, as the basic training aids
CADTRAIN (the basic educational package costs $700)
• Used to assist and deepen student's knowledge
• We use CADTRAIN for all advanced design/engineering classes:
Pro/SURFACE, Pro/MECHANICA, Pro/NC, Pro/SHEETMETAL, as well as our
basic Pro/ENGINEER part design, assembly, and drawing classes
• This is a great product for learning Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire
PTC Training Bundle
• Has 400-700 page tutorials on almost all modules and can be downloaded. We
integrate them into all advanced classes at De Anza College
© 2002 PTC
Engineering Student Employment
De Anza College helps its alumni update their job skills, even after they’ve
moved on to jobs after graduation.
• Three versions of Pro/ENGINEER are kept on their computers, along with
CADTRAIN materials for each, so that students who are interested in updating
their skills can come back to De Anza and do just that.
• Students can keep current with the latest version of the software, or take a
look at older versions, depending on what their company is using.
Job opportunities have increased steadily in the last 6 months.
• Still seeing more job opportunities for students with Pro/ENGINEER
experience than in any other system.
• Students with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire experience on their resumes are
more marketable for employment.
© 2002 PTC